Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-07-16
CONDITIONS or CROPS.
OlHciaI Figures OF the Department Of Ag-
rEcuIture At VFashine-taf.

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rieulturs At Warrington.
WAsHNoIoE, D. c., July 9.-The statisti-
clan Of the department. Of agriculture reports
further extension Of about / 5O0, 900 acres, an
increase Of two per cent. over the acreage
Of 1886. In the states OF declining wheat
culture maize has advanced its area largely.
notably in Kansas. A marked advance is
noted In the district between the Mississippi
river and the Rocky Mountains, and consid-
cradle increase is reported in the cotton
states, The season has been fairly favorable,
both for planting and growing, and the con-
dit1on Is high, averaging 95.7, which differs
little from Ihs July condition Of the past
three years, and Is material higher
than for the three years pre-
ceding 1884. The great corn grow
ing states, which furnish a surplus, averages
nearly ~ IN condition The condition of
the winter wheat on the LIST Of July, or at
the time OF harvest for the more southern
states, Is $50, reduction since the June re-
port OF Ia. There has been a heavy decline
IN Kansas q material reduction In CalIfOr-
MIA, with some loss in several Of the south
ern states. Some Of the remainder have
gained a point or two ana others have lost.
The chinch bug has wrought some damage
IN most Of the western states. In Maryland
and Virginia, where harvested grain has
been threshold the results are variable, with
plump sound grain in some localities
and shrunken berry indicated In others.
There IS reported somewhat
serious decline in the condition of spring
wheat, largely from the prevalence Of chinch
bugs. The general average is 1913; last
month 67s5, decline Of eight points. The
condition II July 1886, was S3.3 four points
higher than the present average. The aver
age for Wisconsin is III Minnesota, 70; Iowa,
y; Nebraska, 20; Dakota, 81. The chinch
bug, Hessian ny and grasshoppers in the
northwest and the joint worm IN West Fir-
ginia have all aided in the reduction of the
yield Of wheat. The average condition of
winter rye Is IS; that Of spring rye, 84.3;
showing a decline in the condition since the
last report The average for barley
is likewise reduced. 1t is
62.S instead Of $50 as last month,
The decline Is mainly In the west. A reduc-
ton appears in oats from 81 In June to 65.9,
due to drought and insect raVages. 1t Is
heaviest IN Kentucky, Illinois, Wisconsin
and states west of the Mississippi. There
has been an increase Of 81 per cent in the
acreage Of potatoes, the largest rate of ad-
vance being IN Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska.
The condition Is SO, which is a little below
the July average OF the previous three years.
There is apparently decline of about one
sixth IN tobacco In which the growing states
participate The average of the cOndi-
ton is "a, a lower July figure than
for several years. The status of
the cotton crop has not declined since the
last report. In the southeast there is a
slight reduction COMPENSATED by a small
advance in the states west of the Mississippi.
The average Is 81, which is four points high
er than the average for July in the previous
ten years 1t was exceeded in 1873 and 1880
and nearly equalled in July of 1881 and 1886,
which were years Of small production. There
have been but two July records below so
since 1873. The state averages are: Vir-
ginia So; North Carolina 80; South Carolina
81; Georgia Sc: Florida SO; Alabama 50; Mis-
sissippi 80; Louisiana IS; Texas SO; Arkansas
So; Tennessee SO. The crop is under unus-
ually clear cultivation There are few re-
ports of injury from excessive moisture aid
few of drought. Cotton worms are indicated
in very few locations.